Jason Elmer Hammond, The school law of Michigan — Chapter I: Constitutional Provisions (1895 | portal)
“ SCHOOL TAXES. All specific state taxes, except those received from the mining companies of the Upper Peninsula, shall be applied to paying the interest upon the primary school, university, and other educational funds, and of the interest and principal of the state debt in the order herein recited, until the extinguishment of the state debt other than the amount due to educational funds, when such specific taxes shall be added to and constitute a part of the Primary School Interest Fund. ”
